so the folks administering this terrible prison is not the mexican government, but these drug lords. >> bill: are you telling me, congresswoman, the president of mexico does not have enough power to release had american from that filthy prison in matamoros? is that what you're telling me? >> i believe he doesn't have the guts o do it. does he have the authority to do it? yes. >> bill: of course he does. >> this is a case that will put him to the test. this is a country whose leaders, leader after leader, they love to lecture the united states about how badly we supposedly treat illegal immigrants. hogwash. here is another case, because it is not an isolated case -- of an american unjustifiably imprisoned. so we call on this president to do his duty and release this -- >> bill: i want our president to do something, too. i want barak obama to speak out about this. he has remained silent. so has secretary of state clinton. i understand this much and i think you hinted at it. we don't want to muck up any negotiations that might be fruitful by attacking anybody and calling anybody out mak